Ranger Fuel Preparation Plant — Accidents

Total: 111 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/14/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 263d lost INJURED WAS LIFTING A CERAMIC LINED PIPE WITH A COWORKER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
06/13/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A WATER HOSE AT THE DRYER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A UNISTRUT.
03/15/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost INJURED HAD REMOVED A PIECE OF FLOOR GRATING ANDFELL THROUGH THE HOLE.
03/08/2003 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost INJURED WAS GOING UNDER THE CHUTE ON 8 1/2 FLOOR. HE RAN INTO THE JACK BRACKET FOR THE GATE.
02/15/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost INJURED WAS LIFTING A 50 LB WEIGHT SO THE BELT SCALES COULD BE CALIFBRATED WHEN INJURED FELT PAIN IN BACK.
12/16/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE INSPECTING SCALES AND HAWKEYES ON S-5 BELT.
12/09/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 138d lost INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS AT 127 ROCK BIN WHEN HE FELL ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN 2ND LANDING OF STEPS. A THIN LAYER OF ICE HAD BUILT UP ON THE STEPS.
11/03/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost INJURED USED A BALL PEEN HAMMER TO TAP PIPE FOR ALIGNMENT. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HE FELT PAINS IN BACK. THIS IS REPORTED AS AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.
10/18/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost INJURED WAS PUSHING ELEVATOR DOOR DOWN, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DOORS WERE HARD TO PUSH DOWN.
09/03/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost INJURED WAS WELDING ON A SCREEN AND FELT SOMETHING INHIS EYE.
08/04/2002 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE WAS INSTALLING HUCK BOLTS UNDER A SCREEN & COAL DUST ENTERED HIS EYE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES.
06/28/2002 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
06/26/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost INJURED BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON A HANDRAIL.
06/25/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost INJURED FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE TRIED TO LIFT A 6"" X 12' METAL PIPE.
06/25/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost INJURED GRABBED A COME-A-LONG CHAIN WHEN HIS LADDER KICKED OUT.
06/24/2002 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
06/13/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMP. DIVISION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
06/13/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
06/09/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS UNDER A BELT WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE BELT STRUCTURE & FALL AGAINST THE STRUCTURE.
05/29/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost INJURED'S LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT AS HE RAISED FROM A SEATED POSITION CAUSING HIM WEIGHT TO SHIFT AND HIS BACK TO STRAIN.
05/26/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost INJURED FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE PICKED UP A FILTER SECTION.
05/15/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 253d lost INJURED WAS JOSTLED WHILE OPERATING A DOZER.
05/13/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
04/26/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
04/23/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
04/22/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 193d lost INJURED HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST A PIPE.
04/11/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE DISMOUNTED A CRANE AT THE OUTRIGGER LOCATION AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER COMING OFF STEP.
04/04/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 247d lost INJURED WAS CUTTING METAL AND WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT LEG BY A PIECE OF CUT METAL THAT BOUNCED OFF THE FLOOR.
03/13/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
03/11/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 247d lost THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED DUE TO AN INTERPRETATION BY MSHA THAT THE FOLLOWING ALLEGED EVENT CONSTITUTES A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT. THE EE CLAIMS THAT HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST A VALVE IN THE 44 SUMP. THIS EE...
02/20/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMP. DIVISION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
02/20/2002 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
02/06/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 349d lost PULLING WIRE - STRAINED MUSCLES IN RIGHT SHOULDER & NECK.
02/03/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost INDIVIDUAL SAID HIS EYES WERE IRRITATED DUE TO ASSISTING A CO-WORKER ON A WELDING JOB.
01/23/2002 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSTION DIVISION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
01/17/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYDNROME.
01/13/2002 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION DIVIDSION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PENUMONONIOSIS.
01/09/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 368d lost FELL ON LEFT KNEE WHILE WALKING ON FROZEN GROUND(ICE).
12/31/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost INJURED WAS JOSTLED IN A DOZER CAB WHEN HE TRAMMED HIS DOZER INTO A SWATH MADE BY ANOTHER OPERATOR ON ANOTHER SHIFT.
12/11/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
12/04/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
09/19/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 193d lost INJURED RAISED UP FROM A BENT POSITION AND STRUCK HIS HARD HAT ON A BEAM. INJURED THEN FELL BACKWARDS INTO A HANDRAIL.
07/26/2001 HOISTING PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 72d lost INJURED'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS SURGICALLY AMPUTATED FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE FINGER WAS PULLED AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN A ELEVATOR DOOR STRAP. INJURED HAD REACHED OVER A SAFETY GATE TO G RAB THE...
07/03/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost INJURED STRUCK HIS FACE, HEAD, AND RIGHT SIDE AS HE FELL AGAINST BELT STRUCTURE.
06/28/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH AND GOT A PIECE OF HOT SLAG IN HIS EAR.
06/16/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost INJURED WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT LEG BY A SECTION OF METAL CONDUIT THAT HE WAS HANDLING.
03/21/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE WAS UNHOOKING A CHAIN FALL FROM A LOAD. THE LOAD SLIPPED AND KNOCKED EE DOWN.
03/14/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VICTIM WAS MISSING SHORTLY AFTER 10:00 PM. A SEARCH BEGAN WHICH CULMINATED IN THE VICTIM'S RETRIEVAL FROM THE ""A"" RAW COAL SILO AT APPROXIMATELY 7:55 PM ON MARCH 15, 2001....
03/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost EE WAS INSTALLING A NEW COLUMN INSIDE THE PLANT AND PULLE A 20' X 8"" BEAM ACROSS THE FLOOR, INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.
02/25/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE WAS PULLING A 30' BEAM INTO THE PLANT OFF AN OUTSIDE HOIST AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.